BOULGER v. WOODS

Nos. 18-3170/3220.

917 F.3d 471 (2019)

Portia A. BOULGER, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. James H. WOODS, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joseph E. Sandler , SANDLER REIFF LAMB ROSENSTEIN & BIRKENSTOCK, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Patrick Kasson , REMINGER CO., L.P.A., Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: Joseph E. Sandler , SANDLER REIFF LAMB ROSENSTEIN & BIRKENSTOCK, P.C., Washington, D.C., Nathaniel Zachary West , Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Patrick Kasson , Kari D. Hehmeyer , REMINGER CO., L.P.A., Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

COLE, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court in which WHITE, J., joined, and NALBANDIAN, J., joined in part. NALBANDIAN, J. (pp. 483-86), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and in the judgment.


OPINION

Portia Boulger filed an action for defamation and invasion of privacy based upon a tweet by James Woods, a well-known movie actor and producer. The district court denied Woods's motion for summary judgment, due to Boulger's lack of service, but granted his motion for judgment on the pleadings, finding that the...

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